Which super PACs did Waterfront Strategies fund in 2024?

Future Forward (FF PAC) ($1.6M), House Majority PAC ($600K), Women Vote ($378K).

Which candidates did Waterfront Strategies's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?

for Kamala Harris (President, about $1.5M, lost); against Larry Hogan (Maryland Senate, about $63K, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $61K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Waterfront Strategies

Company / nonprofit

4 reported gifts; 3 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed losers

Waterfront Strategies gave $2.5M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2024 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2024). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 17% were on the winning side ($356K won, $1.7M lost). $58K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$2.5M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

17%

$2.1M scored (82% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$1.7M

Not allocated or result unknown

$452K

$394K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $58K has no matched result. Neither is cash on hand.

Where the checks went

A company, LLC or nonprofit. Where its money came from is not reported. Each gift is split the way the group that received it split its spending between winners and losers, so a $10M check to a group that spent 80% on losers counts as $8M on the losing side.

✓ Backed the winner or attacked the loser ✗ Backed the loser or attacked the winner Result not matched

Group	Gave	Won / lost
Future Forward (FF PAC) $173K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.6M	$0 / $1.4M
House Majority PAC $149K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$600K	$236K / $201K
Women Vote $72K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$378K	$121K / $144K

The trail

What the money bought

The candidates Waterfront Strategies's money was spent for or against, pro-rated by Waterfront Strategies's share of each group's funding.

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Kamala Harris	President	Supporting	$1.5M	✗ No
Larry Hogan	Maryland Senate	Attacking	$63K	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$61K	✗ No
Eric Hovde	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$32K	✓ Yes
David Trone	Maryland Senate (primary)	Attacking	$30K	Unknown
Austin Theriault	Maine 2nd District	Attacking	$20K	✓ Yes
Ryan E. Mackenzie	Pennsylvania 7th District	Attacking	$18K	✗ No
Tom Barrett	Michigan 7th District	Attacking	$18K	✗ No
Sandy Smith	North Carolina 1st District	Attacking	$17K	✓ Yes
Scott Baugh	California 47th District	Attacking	$17K	✓ Yes
John Duarte	California 13th District	Attacking	$16K	✓ Yes
Mike Garcia	California 27th District	Attacking	$16K	✓ Yes

Company / nonprofit as classified from the FEC entity type and public reporting.

Questions people ask

How much did Waterfront Strategies spend on the 2024 elections, and did it win?: Waterfront Strategies gave $2.5M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2024 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2024). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 17% were on the winning side ($356K won, $1.7M lost). $58K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Waterfront Strategies fund in 2024?: Future Forward (FF PAC) ($1.6M), House Majority PAC ($600K), Women Vote ($378K).
Which candidates did Waterfront Strategies's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?: for Kamala Harris (President, about $1.5M, lost); against Larry Hogan (Maryland Senate, about $63K, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $61K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.